Side-bar vehicle



(No Model.)

A. P SHULER.

7 SIDE BAR VEHICLE. No. 259.595. Patented June 13, 1882.

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OF AROANUM, OHIO.

SIDE-BAR VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,595, dated June 13, 1882.

A Application filed March 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW F. SHULER, of Arcanum, of Darlre county, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Running-Gear and Springs of Side-Bar Buggies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying dra wings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section on line a; 00, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a detail View.

My invention relates to improvements in the running-gear and springs of side-bar buggies; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents the front and b the rear axle of my improved y- 0 represents the front cross-bar, pivoted to the front axle in the 'usual manner by a kingbolt, (Z, which passes through holes in the centers of the front cross-bar and front axle, and also through holes in the opposite parallel arms of the clevis e, the upper arm of the clevis being inserted in a slot, h, in the middle of the front cross-bar, c, and the lower arm of the clevis lying under the lower face of the front axle, a.

M represent the side bars of my improved buggy, secured near the ends of the front cross-bar, c, at their forward ends, and attached to the rear axle, b, near their rear ends.

k k represent angular side braces, secured to the axle 11 near their outer ends, and having their opposite ends secured to the side bars, 71 i.

Z Z represent the front springs, each consisting of a flat spring, one end of which is secured to a side bar '5 near to its front end, and is thence curved downwardly and then upwardly to the under face of the bottom of the buggy-body 0, to which it is secured. The spring l is thence bent downwardly and then curved upwardly, with its, opposite end resting under the bottom of the buggy-body near its opposite side. The other front spring I is parallel, and lies near the sprin g just described,

and is secured to the opposite side bar 6 and the bottom of the buggy, and runs in an opposite direction, as shown in the drawings.

m m represent the hind springs, secured to the opposite'side bars '5, and precisely similar in construction and arrangement to the front springs, l, just'described. The front and hind springs, l m, may be provided with any desired number of leaves.

1) represents a brace-rod secured to the head of the bolt q, which secures the front spring, 1, to one of the side bars 1'. The brace-rod 1) passes thence through the clevis 0, around the king-bolt d, and thence to the opposite bolt, g, which secures the opposite spring 1 to the opposite side bar 6.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the side bars, i i,

of the front springs, H, and rear springs, m 111, having a spring of each pair secured at one end to one of the side bars, and thence curved downwardly and upwardly and secured to the bottom of the buggy-body, and having the other two springs of each pair secured to the opposite side bard at their outer ends, and thence curved downwardly and upwardly and secured to the buggy-bottom, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the front axle, a, front cross-bar, 0, having slot h, king-bolt d, clevis 6, side bars, 2', and front springs, 1, secured to the opposite side bars at one end and to the buggy-body, of the brace-rod 19, secured at its ends to the side bars, and passing through the clevis and around the king-bolt, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the front and rear axles, a b, slotted front cross-bar, c, king-bolt d, clevis 6, side bars, 2', brace-rod 1), front and rear springs, Z Z and m m, constructed and arranged as shown, and brace-rods k, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

ANDREW F. SHULER. 

